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Dr. M. Subhadra Nair MS is an Indian gynaecologist, medical teacher and social worker, reportedly credited to have assisted over 50,000 child births. The Government of India honoured her, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of medicine, the first gynaecologist to receive the Padma award.〔 ==Biography== Dr. Subhadra Nair was born was born on 21 February 1929 at Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, in the south Indian state of Kerala to Krishnan Kutty Menon and Dr. Madhavi Amma, one of the pioneer lady doctors in India, as the sister of two elder brothers. Madhavi Amma, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and a freedom fighter, was a strict disciplinarian〔 and a busy doctor dues to which the young Subhadra was brought up by her maternal aunt. Subhadra started her schooling at an early age of 3 at the local school in Irinjalakuda and passed matriculation before she turned 14. Madras University, under which Irinjalakuda fell, had minimum age requirement for college studies and Subhadara, being under age, had to move to Travancore University area for college studies.〔 As such, she joined Union Christian College, Aluva and passed the Pre University Course. Again, age prevented her to join a medical course directly, which only Madras University offered and Subhadra joined Maharajas College, Ernakulam to complete her BSc degree.〔〔 The medical career of her mother had influenced Subhadra〔 and she had already made up her mind to pursue a career in medicine. Accordingly, in 1947, she moved to Madras, where her eldest brother, Dr. Vishwanatha Menon was already a practising diabetologist, to join Madras Medical College from where she passed her MBBS.〔 Though she had opportunities to start medical practice in Madras, along with her brother, Subhadra decided against it and returned to Kerala.〔 Her career started as the Assistant Surgeon at the Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital for women and children in Thiruvananthapuram,〔 part of the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram which was in its infancy at that time. As the Medical College grew, Subhadra joined the faculty as a tutor.〔 To further her teaching career, which required a post graduate degree to enter the mainstream teaching profession, she secured a post graduate degree with specialisation in Gynecology and Obstetrics from Patna and Madras universities and soon rose up the ranks.〔 Dr. Subhadra Nair retired from the Government service in 1984, as the Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.〔〔 Dr. Nair was married to Gopalakrishnan Nair, a District Superintendent with the Kerala Police, who has since died leaving behind two daughters, Dr. Asha Nair and Shanthi Nair. Dr. Asha Nair is settled in the UK while the younger daughter remains in Thiruvananthapuram.〔 After retiring from the government service, Dr. Subhadra joined Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram as consultant surgeon of Gynecology, when the hospital was a small time set up. The hospital has now developed into a multi speciality hospital. Dr. Subhadra Nair lives in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, continuing her work as the chairman and the Senior consultant of Gynecology at the Cosmopolitan Hospital. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. Subhadra Nair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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